My peace roses are doing better than ever this year. I’ve never had so many roses at once. Could it be a good sign? For a short history of the peace rose, click here. Mes roses de la paix sont plus belles que jamais cette année. Je n’ai jamais eu autant de fleurs en même temps. …
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The Peace Rose – La rose de la paix
The peace rose has a lovely story. To quote Wikipedia: In early 1945 Meilland wrote to Field Marshal Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke), the principal author of the master strategy that won the Second World War, to thank him for his key part in the liberation of France and to ask if Brooke would give his …
The Peace Rose – Rose de la paix
Our Peace Roses are in full bloom – early this year. This beautiful yellow rose, also known as Madame Antoine Meilland, was develop by a French rose cultivator, Francis Meilland, in the late 1930s and named after his mother. It’s better known as “Peace” in English and is an interesting story. In early 1945 Meilland wrote …